Job summary
Employer heading
NE London Community Transition Nurse Coordinator
Band 7
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
As part of the London sickle cell transformation programme, we are seeking to appoint a highly motivated innovative and enthusiastic transition nurse. The post is based at the Royal London hospital, but will require working jointly with hospital and community teams across the North East London (NEL) HCC network to enable a smooth transition to adult services.
Are you passionate about working with children and young people to support them in their transition journey? Then this post is the opportunity for to showcase your skills, to scope and design transition pathways, address the wider remit of transition e.g., health promotion; with the aim of impacting the health outcomes of our service users.
Main duties of the job
The paediatric haematology services in NE London deliver a seamless service and provide the highest level of expert nursing care to children and young people with haemoglobinopathies and rare red cell disorders and their families, in line with National Service Framework for Children and NICE guidelines. The post holder will be responsible for leading on network wide transition planning and delivery, supporting a community focused transition preparedness programme. The post will be based at Barts Health but responsibilities will extend across the network. This will include:
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team in acute and community provider organisations, the voluntary sector (Sickle Cell Society) and families to provide support, advice and an education programme for teenagers and young adults in the community setting
- To act as a resource for teaching and educating patients and staff
- Develop CYP strategic priorities
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
“We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.”
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse Children’s/Adult with current NMC registration
- Educated to degree level or working towards
- Specialist Clinical Course
- Preparation for Mentorship course or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent and significant years post graduate experience working within the specialty
- Experience of working in culturally diverse environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing multi- professional teaching/ education
- Experience of implementing service improvement projects
- Evidence of working with others to develop and deliver services
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Organisational skills- able to incorporate priorities and work to deadlines when required
- The ability to provide nursing leadership and advice within the service and to lead and motivate staff
- The ability to apply flexibility to working practice to meet needs of service users and changes in service models
- The ability to work with others to plan, manage and implement service developments using service improvement methodology
- Ability to facilitate reflective practice and carry out task without supervision
- Skills in IT and maintaining accurate data
Desirable criteria
- The ability and motivation to work creatively and positively with practitioners from other disciplines and agencies
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kim Newell
- Job title
- Lead Nurse Haemoglobinopathies
- Email address
- [email protected]
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